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The Blaker Society © Whereas Ralph Blaker (above) was assessed at £1 in the 1524 lay subsidy
CUCKFIELD B

Richard Blaker (ob 1546)

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for Cuckfield , Richard Blaker was assessed at £20 — only nine of the
inhabitants are recorded at £20 or more. The names adjoining Richard in the list
(which may have been made house to house) are Gerard Haseling (£2), Hugh
Ashfold (£2 6s 8d), Richard Hastings (£1 in land), and on the other side Gilbert
Standen (£2), John a Feld (£1) and Thomas Ashfold (£5).
Richard Blaker of Cuckfield made his will in 1546 (Lewes Archdeaconry
A 1 100):
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In the name of God Amen I Rd Blaker of Cokefeld being hole of mynd & good of
remembrance make this my psent test & last will this th... the of May in the yere of o’r Lord
God 1546 & in the 38 yere of the reign of my sov’aign Lord Henry the 8 by the grace of God
&c in man’ & forme folowing, First I bequeth my soule to Almighty God & my body to be
d
buryed wthin the church of Cokefeld. It I gyve to the hie alt’r xii . It to the repacons of the
church vi viii . Also I will have iiii mass? at my ..... & iiii at my .................. to the poore at
s
d
the discression of my son John & .... Also I gyve to Agnes my wiff iii kyne one white mare ii
ewes i sowe wt a pygge half the whete & barle yt is in the house half the whete that .... ... the
land ........ to the same house & the beddyng that belongith to her chamber that is to say a
bedstedle a bed a bolster ii paire of shets a paire of blanketts & a coverlett. I gyve to John
Blaker my son vi oxen iii .............. & a mare colt. I gyve to A... my daughter a cow wt a calf
to Jane my daughter a cow wt a calf to Anne a cow wt a calf. I gyve to Jane Tully? a cow wt
a calff to John Robyns? my s... a wa.... to .... .............................. resydew of all my goods &
cattells my debts being paid & my bequests fulfillyed I gyve to John Blaker my son whome I
make whole onely executor of this my last will made in the psence of ... John He...., Roger
....., .........., & John J......, ........ £15 4s 8d

John Blaker senior

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Richard left a son John: in Lewes Archdeaconry we have the will of
John Blaker of Cuckfield, made 2 September 1567, proved 25 May 1568:

John Blaker of Cuckfield
My daughter Elizabeth
My sonne John
My wife Kathryne & sonne John executors.

John Blaker junior

1 P.R.O. E 179/189/119, printed Sussex Record Society lvi, p. 86
2 this transcript of an evidently difficult original, was made by Dave Woolven: ‘Transcribed from a very poor
photocopy, the original was written in a very poor, hurried & scribbled hand, much of the text being little more
than a wiggly line’: we need to see the original.
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